Measles deaths in Nepal: estimating the national case-fatality ratio

• Main Authors: Anand B Joshi (Author), Elizabeth T Luman (Author), Robin Nandy (Author), Bal K Subedi (Author), Jayantha BL Liyanage (Author), Thomas F Wierzba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the case-fatality ratio (CFR) for measles in Nepal, determine the role of risk factors, such as political instability, for measles mortality, and compare the use of a nationally representative sample of outbreaks versus routine surveillance or a localized study to establish th...